Punan
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Punans,
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Punan
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The Punan people of the island of Borneo were once rumored to have tails, so elusive did they seem to their neighbors in the 19th century.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
In 2019, Brendan Borrell and Joshua Irwandi traveled by boat and on foot to meet the Punan Batu living along the Sajau River near Tanjung Selor, Indonesia.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Kharis, a young member of the Punan Batu, played a guitar made of terap wood at a rock shelter in Sadau, Borneo.Credit...
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
Over decades, the Indonesian government stripped the Punan of their ancestral lands and encouraged them, sometimes forcibly, to settle in ready-built villages.
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
On returning to camp with a piece of game, a Punan throws it down in the midst and it is treated as common property.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
NOSE: the breadth varies between 37 and 43 mm., whereas in the Punans measured by us the range was between 34 and 44 mm.
From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon
As is the case with the Punans and Bukats, cutting the teeth is optional.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
The Punans make fire by iron and flint which are carried in a small bamboo box.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Doctor Kohlbrugge and Doctor Haddon consider the Ot-Danums as Indonesians, to whom the former also consigns the Kayans and the Punans.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
Aided by the sumpitan the Dayaks and Punans are expert in bringing down the rather shy birds of the tall trees.
From Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917 by Carl Lumholtz
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